🗓️ What we’re watching
- Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed on Day One.
- Trump gave a free-wheeling, all encompassing presser yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. Irie Sentner has the main takeaways, which include drilling, Trump’s legal issues, imperialism and more. And last night, West Wing Playbook delved into how Trump’s “weaves,” while chaotic, offer a glimpse into his policy plans.
👀 What’s Trump up to?
- Republican governors will descend Thursday on Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Trump.
🚨What’s up with the nominees?
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice to lead HHS, will meet with Senate Democrats as he tries to shore up his confirmation.
- Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are racing to schedule confirmation hearings next week for Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe.
- Trump’s choice to lead the Education Department, Linda McMahon, may not get a hearing in front of the Senate HELP Committee until after Inauguration Day because the committee has not yet received all the documents it requested.